Set during the sweltering summer of 1929, Street Scene is a riveting artistic hybrid of musical theater, opera, spoken-word poetry and jazz that tell the story of the residents of a Manhattan tenement building

All original music for large brass & trombone choirs, including a new work composed for the Brass Choir by UMass graduate student Renee Morgan

Free and open to the public

Trombone Choir

Street Scene

Wednesday, February 26th, 8:00pm Rand Theater

by Kurt Weill, Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes

Directed by Gina Kaufmann

Set during the sweltering summer of 1929, Street Scene is a riveting artistic hybrid of musical theater, opera, spoken-word poetry and jazz that tell the story of the residents of a Manhattan tenement building

Set during the sweltering summer of 1929, Street Scene is a riveting artistic hybrid of musical theater, opera, spoken-word poetry and jazz that tell the story of the residents of a Manhattan tenement building

Set during the sweltering summer of 1929, Street Scene is a riveting artistic hybrid of musical theater, opera, spoken-word poetry and jazz that tell the story of the residents of a Manhattan tenement building

Formed in 1969, the band has appeared in all fifty states, Canada, Mexico, Japan, India, and throughout Europe. Notable performances include concerts at international jazz festivals in Montreux, Switzerland; Newport, Rhode Island; Toronto, Canada; Brussels, Belgium; and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.

Free; you must have a ticket to attend; please pick up at the Box Office or call 413-545-2511

Festival attendance FREE and open to the public! Winning high school band plays at 7:30pm, before the Fine Arts Center evening concertTickets to 8pm Kenny Garrett Quintet concert: www.fineartscenter.com or 1-800-999-UMAS

Theoretical explanation will accompany a practical analysis and demonstration, including performances of music of Brahms, Chopin, Mozart & Haydn. Davis' research is grounded in literary criticism, specifically in the fields known as structural narratology and rhetorical narrative theory. The approach has implications for understanding how 19th century music engages with the aesthetics of 19th century literary Romanticism, and it has implications for how we might interpret the more idiosyncratic features of some 18th century sonatas.

Free & open to the public

March 7 Friday 1:25 - 2:15 pm Fine Arts Center Room 44 FREE

MUSIC THEORY SPEAKERS' SERIES

A talk by John Cooper, co-founder of the East-West Chamber Ensemble

Differences and Similarities between the Music of India and the West

John Cooper is a MacDowell Colony Fellow, co-founder of the Cooper Music Studios and the East-West Chamber Ensemble, president of the East-West Music Edition, member of ASCAP and adjudicator for the National Guild of Piano Teachers.

The Talk:During Cooper's 1965 Fulbright study in India, he began adapting the cyclic Takadimi Rhythm Method of India to teaching and performing music. Takadimi rhythm is a body language that connects rhythm, melody and words. It is focused on body/mind coordination. During the presentation he will address these questions:How do Indian speed changes differ from Western metric rhythm?What are melodic motifs, and how do they influence the expression of music?Why and how is the Takadimi language more effective than number counting?

Free for Music major/minors; $3 for UMass students; $5 for other students, seniors, children; $10 general publicBox Office 413-545-2511 or Online ticketing

Junior Recital

Sunday, March 2nd, 4:00pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Brianna Rzeznik, viola

Free and open to the public

Senior Recital

Thursday, March 6th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Gregory Mascherino, violin

Free and open to the public

Masters Recital

Sunday, March 9th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Katherine Dolan, flute

Free and open to the public

Masters Recital

Sunday, March 23rd, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Christina Volz, violin

Free and open to the public

Senior Recital

Saturday, March 29th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Benjamin Ferguson, trombone

Free and open to the public

Masters Recital

Sunday, March 30th, 1:00pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Aaron Staluppi, tuba

Free and open to the public

Senior Recital

Sunday, March 30th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Sara Mitchell, clarinet

Free and open to the public

March 13 Thursday 8pm Bowker Auditorium

ED BLACKWELL TRIBUTE (A Fine Arts Center event)

This tribute to Ed Blackwell, one of the most important and unsung drummers in jazz history, features tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and bassist Mark Helias, both of whom had extensive performance experience with Blackwell, along with drummer and UMass Music Department faculty member, Tom Giampietro.